French TV channels

[Patty]

I want to pick up French TV channels. Do they have freeview over there and, if so, could I receive those channels here? There is an old satellite dish on the side of our house as the previous owners had Sky, but we don't subscribe. Could I use that or would I need something different?

Patty

[Lobster]

Bzzt! wrong group.

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David

[Andy Hall]

The easiest way is to get a satellite dish directed for the Eutelsat Hotbird satellites on a bearing of 13 degrees E.

carry the largest number of French language channels, many of which are FTA (free to air).

Sky dish is not suitable as it is too small in most parts of the UK. It could possibly be directed from its current direction of 28.2 degrees East, but this would need a satellite installer to do the work and while you are paying for that you might as well get a decent dish for the job.

A DVB receiver would be required as well - the Sky box is not really suitable because it is quite tied to their particular system.

A decent satellite system installer should be able to supply all you need. There are also sources of subscription cards if you need those for any paid channels you might like.

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

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[nightjar]

Having seen French TV, I cannot imagine why.

Colin Bignell

[Steve Firth]

It could be worse, it could be Italian TV.

Sometimes I think that the "Scorchio" TV on the Fast Show was simply taken from RAI Uno output.